Barranquilla Caimanes, led by Brazilian pitcher Daniel Missaki, won the Colombian Professional Baseball League title for the 13th time in the club's long history.

Dodgers vs. Padres will open the 2024 regular season on 20 March in Seoul, Korea. Astros and Rockies will play in Mexico City on 28-29 April, and Mets and Phillies will play in London from 8-9 June.

USA Baseball has announced the 16-team field for the 2024 National High School Invitational (NHSI), to be held from 10-13 April in Cary, North Carolina, including defending champion and top seed Huntington Beach High School of California.

John Gall has been elected president of USA Baseball, the organisation announced on Thursday. Gall, a three-time USA Baseball alumnus and 2008 Olympic medalist, is a former big leaguer who has served on the USA Baseball Board of Directors since 2013.

Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani switched sides and will join the Los Angeles Dodgers for $700 million over 10 years, setting a record and surpassing the likes of Leo Messi (MLS), Lebron James (NBA) and Patrick Mahomes (NFL).

The eighth 'Asia Winter Baseball League' (AWBL) got underway on 25 November. The three-week tournament features six teams from the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL), the Chinese Taipei Baseball Association (CPBL), Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and the Japan Amateur Baseball Association (JABA).

Retired Japanese baseball stars Ichiro Suzuki and Daisuke Matsuzaka (pictured) played an exhibition game against a girl's High School Team at the Tokyo Dome as part of an initiative to encourage girls to play baseball (Kobe Chiben won 7-1, in front of 16,000 fans).

Japan defeated Korea 4-3 in 10 innings to win the second edition of the Asia Professional Baseball Championship (APBC) undefeated. The final was played in front of 41,883 fans at the Tokyo Dome.